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Things You Should Do After Your House Floods

• Grace Keen
• January 14, 2021
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Flood events are, without a doubt, a homeowner’s nightmare, impacting tens of thousands of Canadians annually. The main flooding causes are natural disasters, unexpected accidents, or poor home maintenance. Listed below are essential home flood damage repair tips that will help homeowners get their homes and lives back together after flooding. 

Tips for House Flood Damage Repair

• Instantly calling the insurance agent — Nothing ought to be thrown out before the insurance professional has inspected it. Click here to learn more.
• Creating an inventory of the damaged or lost things — homeowners should document the flood insurance case. That often includes lists of broken items, photos, the policy number, the title of the insurance company, and contact information.
• Preventing direct contact with floodwater — it is probably contaminated. Furthermore, if sewage is backing up in the shower or bathroom, the major sewer line must be clogged or broken. In that scenario, using toilets or sinks should be averted and the utility company must be contacted immediately.
• Assessing for harm to the home — inside and outside. Hazards, such as fallen power lines, should be avoided. Standing water may also be electrically charged from broken power lines.
• If utilities have been damaged, they need to be shut off quickly if secure.

Here is the way to shut off utilities safely:

• Water — To close off all water to the house, first find the master valve. It’s usually the cellar, garage, close to the water heater, or even outside the home.
• Electricity — Locate the main circuit box that’s mounted on a wall, typically in the basement. But ensure it’s safe to put in the basement and bring a flashlight. After that, switch off the main switch in the panel to shut off all power in your house. Whether there are frayed electric wiring or sparks, call the utility company immediately.
• Gas — First, locate the shutoff valve on the riser pipe from the ground to your meter. If the meters are broader, the valve may be on the service line moving from your meter into the house. To close the valve, an adjustable pipe or crescent-type wrench might help.

• They will let homeowners know when it is safe to flip utilities back on.
• To help save the flood-damaged home and contents, standing water has to be removed and the area should be dried immediately.
• Depending on the sort of floodwater, the sort of contents, and the length of time they’ve been soaked, flood-soaked, porous contents such as walls, carpeting, or furniture could be either restored or lost.
• Salvageable contents must be immediately dried and disinfected to prevent mold growth. Mould can grow over the first 24-48 hours after a flood!

For professional home flood damage repair, contact PuroClean now!

For home flood damage repair, it’s best to hire a professional restoration company that could quickly and economically execute the job. Our PuroClean professionals are highly trained in property damage recovery. They respond immediately to decrease the impact of the reduction. Visit puroclean.ca for more information about water damage restoration.